Hard times have room

Chapter 696 Going to School

The Paulin family had been in bed for six days in a row, and the snow outside had melted badly. The snow that had reached the knees seven or eight days ago had melted into one foot and could only cover the uppers of the shoes.

This is the height of snow that is only available in some unvisited places. Those places where people often walk, or where there is no shelter, the snow has already melted.

These days, it's very cold, so it's more firewood. The Paulin family has been cooking in their own kitchen, and the firewood consumption is even greater. No, the snow has almost melted, and their family has also gone out.

If I don’t go out, the family will have to shrink in bed when it snows next time. At that time, whether the firewood for cooking can be taken out is still a big problem.

Baolin went out with the basket on her own. Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang were together. They were going to cut down the branches in the forest. When the time came, Wang Jiandang climbed the tree, and Su Hongying cleaned up below and tried to get more firewood to go back.

For the next eight days, their family worked hard to get firewood. As long as it was something that could be burned, they all picked it up at home. Even the thorny thorn bushes were not spared, they were all chopped down.

Their family is like this, and other families in the village are no exception. That is to say, there are many forests around Shanghe Village, which is really not good. A dozen or so people go to Daqingling together. In short, they are not afraid of cutting firewood.

Eight days later, the snow fell again. When I woke up in the morning, the cold wind was blowing. During this period, snow particles were mixed in. When I looked around, it was white again.

The snow fell, and the Paulin family started their winter life again. Not to mention, the day was much better than when Paulin was living in the school dormitory.

If Pauline is still living in the student dormitory at this time, then her hands must have been frozen and cracked. Every day, her neck should be shrugged, and the whole person is cringed, and she can't wait to shrink her whole body into a ball , Wrap it tightly with a large cotton coat, it's not that she is too exaggerated, it is the weather at this time, it's too cold, it's really too cold.

In her previous life, she had never experienced this battle. In the winter, a single coat and a cotton coat are already very powerful equipment. Wearing these equipment, the whole person will feel warm. But here, it is far away. not enough.

When Pauline was at school, she had put on all the clothes she could put on, two single clothes, a thin cotton coat and a thick cotton coat, even so, she was still cold.

Of course, the worst thing to suffer in winter is the feet, especially not exercising. When I sit for a whole hour in class, my feet will freeze to wood. When I go back to the dormitory at night, when my feet stick into the hot water, it will be an itching.

My feet are not itchy, but I still can't scratch them. The more I scratch the feet, the more itchy, and the more I scratch them. Even if the skin is scratched and the blood bleeds, it doesn't stop itching at all.

Pauline nestled comfortably at home for more than ten days. On the afternoon of December 19th, Pauline started to pack her things. Besides her, Wang Jiandang was also packing things, mainly clothes and shoes for tomorrow’s trip. stuff these.

That's right, he wants to send Paulin to school to take the exam. Of course, he also sells the fat and strong bamboo rat raised at home to the black market. It's almost New Year's Eve, and there is nothing at home yet!

This time, he plans to take three male mice out. After selling the money, a small part will be exchanged for Chinese New Year items. Most of the money will need to be taken home, saved, and kept for Pauline to go to school.

As for what happened after he went to the county town, he also thought about it, so he went to see Kuang Lao Liu. He should have a temporary place to live in the county town, and then he should be able to squeeze in two or three days. If it really doesn't work, then Just pay for a hotel stay.

He has only stayed in a hotel once in his life. When he was young, he followed the old village chief. The shop is still open, but it has changed from a private hotel to a public one.

When he went to the county seat last time, he was interested, and he even went to ask about the price. The cheapest small single room was fifty cents and no food was included, but in winter, it was not a problem to have a pot of hot water to wash his feet. He was quite satisfied. , that is, the price is too expensive, if not for special circumstances, he would be reluctant to live.

Of course, the premise of going to the hotel is that Kuang Lao Liu has no fun. If Kuang Lao Liu has a place to live, he will naturally find him to deal with it for a few nights.

Early the next morning, when it was still dark, Pauline got up.

If you need to get up early on the night of the day you go to sleep, thinking about going out the next day, you can usually get up very early the next day.

Others don't know, anyway, Pauline is like this. If she has something in the morning, she usually doesn't get up very late.

Pauline got dressed, went out of the house, went to the kitchen, and started to boil water.

Not long after, Wang Jiandang also carefully opened the door of his room. This door was connected to the kitchen. As soon as the door opened, he saw the fire in the fire pit, and Paulin who was sitting beside the fire.

"Pauline, get up so early!"

"Have you packed your stuff? If you haven't, then go back to the house and pack it up. I can make breakfast today."

Wang Jiandang is very familiar with the cooking process. He also tried to cook before. When farming was too busy, he and his wife took turns to cook and work.

Anyway, it is to cook porridge, just add water, grains and dried vegetables to boil, it is very simple.

"Okay, Dad, I'll give you breakfast today. I'll go back to the house to pack up." After Pauline finished speaking, she got up and walked out of the kitchen, went to her parents' house, and took the oil lamp inside.

In the room, Pauline didn't light the wick, but waited until she walked back to the kitchen to light the oil lamp. With this thing, her things could be cleaned up.

In the past, her room was so dark that she couldn't see her fingers. Anyway, in such an environment, she couldn't pack her things.

The father-daughter duo took care of everything, including breakfast.

When they went out, the sky was only a little bright. At this time, Su Hongying was still sleeping beautifully and didn't wake up at all. It was because they deliberately kept their voices soft and didn't want to disturb her. Of course, there is another possibility, Su Hongying Children's shoes may think it's too cold to get up at all.

As soon as Paulin and Wang Jiandang walked out of their house, they felt that the hot air that had been attached to their bodies through the fire was blown away by the cold wind.

Pauline tightened the sack on her shoulders, she felt that this person would be very uncomfortable walking all the way, and it was a pity that they brought so many things with them.

The same is true for Wang Jiandang. He has a bad premonition, but unfortunately, he cannot go back on what has been decided.

(End of this chapter)